Yuriy Skira

Yuriy Skira
Yuriy Skira
Native name	Юрій Скіра
Born	18 June 1992 (age 32)
🏳️ Nationality	Ukrainian
🎓 Alma mater	Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
💼 Occupation	Historian

Yuriy Skira (Ukrainian: Юрій Романович Скіра; born 18 June 1992) Director of projects and programs at the Center for Research of the Ukrainian-Polish-Slovak border region at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Member of the Ukrainian Judaica Association. His scholarly interests are centered on the issues connected to the rescue of Jews by the clergy and monks of the Greek-Catholic Church during the Holocaust.

Biography[edit]

Born 18 June, 1992 in Lviv (Ukraine). 2009-2014 – studied at the Department of History at the Ivan Franko L’viv National University. Completed studies with honors. Master of History. 2014-2016– studied in the Master’s program for ecumenical sciences at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Master of Theology. 2015-2018 – postgraduate at the Institute of Humanitarian and Social Studies at the National University “Lviv Polytechnic”. Subject of his dissertation: “The Participation of the monks of the Studite Order in the rescue of Jews on the territory of the Lviv archeparchy of the Greek-Catholic Church in the years 1942-1944.” 8 May, 2018 – Date of defense of the dissertation for the degree of PhD in History in the specialized scholarly council of D 35.222.01 at the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, and the Institute of Ethnology (NAN of Ukraine). Since 2018, he has served as director of projects and programs at the Center for Research of the Ukrainian-Polish-Slovak border region at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Civic activity[edit]

Assistant Head of the Board of the civic organization, “Center of support and promotion of the defense of human rights” (2017-2020)
Member of the civic organization “Ukrainian Association of Judaica”
Member of Lviv oblast socio-cultural association “Kholmshchyna”

Bibliography[edit]

Monograph Skira, Yuriy, They Were Called Upon: the Monks of the Studite order and the Holocaust: monograph. Kyiv: Dukh i Litera, 2019. 272 p. (In Ukrainian)

Skira's research on the history of rescue of Jews by the clergy and monks of the Greek-Catholic Church during the Holocaust resulted in the publication They Were Called Upon: The Monks of the Studite Order and the Holocaust (Покликані: Монахи Студійського Уставу та Голокост. Київ: Дух і Літера, 2019). The monograph examines the activity of the monks of the Studite Order regarding the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust on the territory of the Lviv archeparchy of the Greek Catholic Church. The author provides answers to a variety of questions associated with the concealment of Jews: he illustrates the motives, methods and risks for them and their protectors; he dispels myths which came about due hitherto inadequate knowledge regarding local conditions and rescuers’ options. The monograph clarifies historical facts and establishes a complex view of the Studite Monks participation in rescue efforts, which occurred on the initiative of their archimandrite, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, resulting in several hundred adults and children being saved.

The book was published by one of the best humanitarian publishers in 2019 according to the Ukrainian PEN club.

Publication of sources “For you I am ready to give my life…” works of the Righteous Among the Nations of the World hieromonk Danyil (Tymchyna)…”: / Comp. Iu. Skira: lit. Ed. Hanna Dydyk-Meush. – L’viv: Svichado, 2020. 166 p. (In Ukrainian)

List of key publications

Skira, Yuriy R., The Relationship of the monks of the Studite order at the Sviatouspens’ka Lavra with the Jews of the village of Univ on the eve of the Holocaust. Scholarly works of the History Department of the Zaporizhzhian National University. Zaporizhzhia, 2017. Vyp. 47. pp.142–146. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Troubled times of the First World War as a factor in the forming of experience in meeting the challenges of the war period by the monks of the Studite Order. Scholarly herald = Naukovyi visnyk L. Ukrainky Skhidno-evropeis’koho natsional’noho univ-tu. Luts’k, 2017. Vyp. 4 (353). pp. 43–48. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yu. R. The Sheltering of Jews by the monks of the Studite order at the shoe factory «Solid» in L’viv in 1942–1944. Naukovyi zhurnal «Istoryko-kul’turni studii.» = Scholarly journal «Historical-cultural studies.» L’viv, 2016. № 1 (3).,pp. 113–117. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy R., The Sheltering of Faina Lacher by the monks of the monks and nuns of the Studite order during the Holocaust. Scholarly notes of the M. Kotsiubyns’kyi Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, 2017. Vyp. 25. pp. 138–144. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Experience of the tragedy of the Holocaust by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in the light of the memoirs of witnesses. Aktual’ni problemy vitchyznianoi ta vsesvitnoi istorii: zbirnyk naukovykh prats’ Rivnens’koho derzhavnoho univ-tu = Relevant problems of the history of the Motherland and the world. Rivne, 2016. Vyp. 27. pp. 50–54. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Position of the Greek-Catholic Church in the competition for higher national education in Halychyna in the years 1900–1939. Ukraine-Poland: historical legacy and social consciousness. L’viv, 2016. Vyp. 9. pp. 78–90. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Rescue of the Stern family by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in the light of the memoirs if Lili Pohlmann. Visnyk Kyivs’koho natsional’noho univ-tu im. Tarasa Shevchenka. = Herald of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University Kyiv, 2017. Vyp. 2 (133). pp. 68–70. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yu. The Relationship of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky with the Jews of Halychyna up to the beginning of the Second World War. Skhidno-ievropeis’kyi istorychnyi visnyk = Eastern European historical Herald.. Drohobych, 2018. Vyp. 3. pp. 255–262. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, Activity of the hieromonk Herman (Budzinsky) in the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust in the village of Univ and in Lviv. Scientific journal of academic research «The Caucasus.» Baku, 2016. Vol. 16. pp. 38–42. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yu. The Beginning of the action of the rescue of Jews by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in August, 1942. Evropský filozofický a historický diskurz. Praha, 2017. V. 3, Sv. 3. S. 14–18. (In Ukrainian)
Skira Y., I luoghi in cui furono nascosti gli ebrei durante la campagna di salvataggio intrapresa dal metropolita greco-cattolico Andrej Šeptyckyj tra il 1942 e il 1944. Perseguitati per in fede. Le vittime del Nazionalsocialismo in Europa centro-orientale / a cura di Jan Mirkut. Verona: Gabrielli Editori, 2019. S. 903-914. (In Italian)
Skira, Yuriy, The forgotten page of human assistance: The gathering of sister-servants of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and the Holocaust. Materials of the International scholarly conference of the 100th anniversary of the transition to eternity of the Reverend Mother Josaphata Hordashevs’ka. L’viv: KnyhoVyr, 2019. pp. 47-67. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Successor of Fr. Klymenty (Sheptytsky), archimandrite of the Sviato-Uspens’ka Univ Lavra Vladyka (Bishop) Nykanor (Deynega). Materials of the International scholarly conference of the 150th anniversary of the birthday of the Blessed Holy Martyr Klymenty (Sheptytsky) and the 100th anniversary of the transfer of the base of the monks of the Studite order to the Sviato-Uspens’ka Univ Lavra. / Compil. Yu. Skira; lit. ed. H. Dydyk-Meush. L’viv: Vyd-vo «Koleso.» 2019. pp. 185-207. (In Ukrainian)
Skira, Yuriy, The Sheltering of Kurt Levin at the monastery of the Holy Martyr Iosaphat in L’viv during the Holocaust (on the basis of documents from the archive of the Sviato-Uspens’ka Univ Lavra of the Studite order. Ukrainian-Jewish co-existence during the Holocaust. Based on materials from Western Ukraine. L’viv-Dnipro: PP «Lira LTD,» 2019. pp. 161-170. (In Ukrainian)
Skira J., Skrivanje Židova tijekom Holokausta u monaškim zajednicama na području Lavovske arhieparhije Grkokatoličke Crkve. Ukrajinska grkokatolička crkva na počecima europske kršćanske unije. Zagreb, 2020. S. 254-265. (In Croatian)

Co-organizer and compiler of the publications of the following international scholarly conferences[edit]

Materials of the International scholarly conference of the 100th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Josyf Slipyj / Compil. Yu. Skira, lit. Ed. H. Dydyk-Meush. Lviv: KOLESO, 2018. 208 p. (In Ukrainian)
Materials of the International scholarly conference of the 100th anniversary of the transition to eternity of the Reverend Mother Iosafata Hordashevs’ka / Comp. Yu. Skira; lit. ed. H. Dydyk-Meush. L’viv: KnyhoVyr, 2019. 100 p. (In Ukrainian)
Materials of the International scholarly conference of the 150th anniversary of the birthday of the Blessed Holy Martyr Klymenty (Sheptytsky) and of the 100th anniversary of transfer of the base of the monks of the Studite Order to the Sviato-Uspens’ka Univ Lavra / Comp. Yu. Skira; lit. Ed. H. Dydyk-Meush. L’viv: KOLESO 2019. 208 p. (In Ukrainian)
Presentations from the International academic online conference dedicated to the 155th anniversary of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptysky’s birth / Comp. by Yu. Skira, lit. Ed. H. Dydyk-Meush. Lviv: KOLESO 2020. 221 p. (In Ukrainian)

Scholarships, Awards, Honors[edit]

Scholarship from the President of Ukraine: Winner of the All-Ukrainian student Olympiad in basic educational subjects and All-Ukrainian competition-defense of scholarly research works of student members of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2008–2009.
M.S. Hrushevsky Academic scholarship Ministry of Education and science; youth and sport of Ukraine.
Rector’s Award of the Ukrainian Catholic University, 2019 for high academic standards in scholarly research demonstrated particularly in the author’s monograph, “They Were Called Upon: the Monks of the Studite Order and the Holocaust. Kyiv: Dukh i Litera, 2019.”
Marten Feller and Zhanna Kovba UAJS Book Award
Honorary Certificate of the Lviv oblast’ state administration for continuous conscientious work, personal achievements in the research of the participation of the clergy and the monks of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in providing assistance to the Jews during the Holocaust.

External links[edit]

Presentation of Yuriy Skira’s Book “Beckoned” | Ukrainian Jewish Encounter He is our “Ukrainian Schindler”: Yuriy Skira on the monks who rescued Jews during the Holocaust | Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Why Andrei Sheptytsky was not recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations? | Istorychna Pravda (In Ukrainian)

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